Pam Boedeker SaddleBrooke Nature Club focused on extreme weather at its November meeting. Dan Chase coordinated the program with Cuyler Diggs of KGUN Nine and the Golder Ranch Fire Department. Cyler Diggs started the program talking about predicting weather in the Tucson area. His 12 years in the community have made him more aware of…
Pam Boedeker Just in time to think about what to serve for supper, SaddleBrooke Nature Club’s October speaker had many suggestions of food that has been right in our backyard for centuries! Barb Carolus from Tohono Chul defined Ethnobotany as the scientific study of the relationship between plants and people. When we know the plants…
Wednesday, November 25 Zumba Kids, a fun fast-paced dance and fitness event, will be held on Wednesday, November 25 in the MountainView East Ballroom from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Children ages three and up and their parents and grandparents are welcome to join in the fun. All should wear tennis shoes and comfortable clothes. Reservations…
Pam Boedeker The Program Committee is really the heart of SaddleBrooke Nature Club. Its members have consistently put together a wide variety of presentations and field trips promoting understanding, appreciation and protection of our natural environment. SaddleBrooke Nature Club will begin its new season October 12 at 4:00 p.m. in the Coyote Room downstairs in…
Pam Boedeker SaddleBrooke Nature Club meetings will resume on October 12. During the summer months the Executive and Program Boards are making plans for next season. At a recent board meeting members reflected on some of their favorite programs and field trips. Ron Andrea, vice president, recalled the club’s fieldtrip to Cottonwood. The train ride,…
Pam Boedeker SaddleBrooke Nature Club had a colorful and very vocal guest speaker! Sedona, a five year old Scarlet Macaw, with her owner Kelly McGalliard, was here to tell us of the Macaw’s history in the Southwest and future in Central and South America. Ms. McGalliard began raising birds when she was a child. As…
Pam Boedeker SaddleBrooke Nature Club adopted the Peniocereus greggi (desert night-blooming cereus) as its logo. It is one of the Sonoran Desert’s most famous yet least encountered plants. Most of the year it is a floppy, nondescript cactus. But on just a few nights it becomes the star of desert plants with its elegant white…
Pam Boedeker This year the SaddleBrooke Nature Club has been focusing on the products of Arizona. In April our guest speaker’s expertise was pecans. Rich Walden is a third generation farmer from the Santa Cruz Valley south of Tucson. He is the Farm Manager for the Santa Cruz Valley Pecan Farm and is active in…
Pam Boedeker The SaddleBrooke Nature Club’s speaker for March was Doris Evans, returning for a third time by popular demand! Doris has taught in the Tucson Unified School District and in a small school for park employees in Big Bend National Park, Texas. She has held environmental education positions as Curator of Education at the…
Pam Boedeker Peter Warren, Urban Horticulture Agent for the Pima County Cooperative Extension at the University of Arizona was the speaker at SaddleBrooke Nature Club’s February meeting. Peter’s fascination with bugs began with grandparents who made learning fun! Peter studied, collected and grew up to find a job doing what he loved! Remember the drawings…